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Folks who meet me at a farmers market slinging plant-based eats often have a moment of pause when they learn that creating plant-based food is just one part of my life. As a trauma work practitioner and educator, I started spending more time in kitchens as a way of coming back to myself in a body and heart focused, non-heady kind of way. Work days full of lots of head and heart work left me feeling mentally drained, but my body as though it still had so much excess energy to shake off. Despite a regular practice of exercise and movement, I needed something playful and low stress that allowed me to reconnect with myself.